diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
index be11df1e58..03191034c0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
@@ -383,26 +383,7 @@ export class TabViewItem extends TabViewItemBase {
 
 	public _getChildFragmentManager(): androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager {
 		const tabView = this.parent as TabView;
-		let tabFragment = null;
-		const fragmentManager = tabView._getFragmentManager();
-		const fragments = fragmentManager.getFragments().toArray();
-		for (let i = 0; i < fragments.length; i++) {
-			if (fragments[i].index === this.index) {
-				tabFragment = fragments[i];
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// TODO: can happen in a modal tabview scenario when the modal dialog fragment is already removed
-		if (!tabFragment) {
-			if (Trace.isEnabled()) {
-				Trace.write(`Could not get child fragment manager for tab item with index ${this.index}`, traceCategory);
-			}
-
-			return (<any>tabView)._getRootFragmentManager();
-		}
-
-		return tabFragment.getChildFragmentManager();
+		return (<any>tabView)._getRootFragmentManager();
 	}
 
 	[fontSizeProperty.getDefault](): { nativeSize: number } {